VH-FND. Fokker F.27-2013. c/n 10144.
First flown as PH-FBI - January 6, 1960
Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FND - February 12, 1960
Delivered new to Airlines of New South Wales at Melbourne - February 20, 1960
Arrived in full Ansett-A.N.A. colors and was repainted
Flew its first Airlines of N.S.W. service - February 1960
Withdrawn from Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. service - February 5, 1976
Ferried to Melbourne for storage
Transferred to Ansett Airlines of Australia - but not put into service - November 3, 1976
Delivered to Comair - as ZS-JVA in Melbourne - December 14, 1976
Departed Melbourne on delivery flight - December 16, 1976
Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 23, 1976
Leased to Royal Swazi Air - 1981
Scrapped at Johannesburg - September 1996
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VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original livery without radar at Sydney Airport, February 1961. (Image 1999-255. B. Dannecker Collection) |
VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the revised livery at Sydney Airport, May 1965. (Image 1999-373. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the revised livery at Sydney Airport, January 1966. (Image 1999-385. G. Wilkes Photograph) |
VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the revised livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, March 1966. (Image 1999-293. John Hopton Photograph) |
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VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, February 1967. (Image 1999-237. B. Dannecker Collection) |
VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, April 1967. (Image 1999-238. B. Dannecker Collection) |
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VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, September 1969. (Image 1999-840. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Canberra Airport, January 1972. (Image 1999-605. E. D. Daw Photograph) |
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VH-FND. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1976. (Image 1999-294. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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VH-FND. Comair - in the original livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, November 1976. (Image 1999-365. P. J. Gates Collection) |
VH-FND. Comair - in the original livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, November 1976. (Image 1999-145. P. J. Gates Collection) |
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ZS-JVA. Comair - in the original livery at Johannesburg Airport, February 1977. (Image 1999-841. R. N. Smith Collection) |
ZS-JVA. Comair - in the new livery at Johannesburg Airport, December 1986. (Image 1999-842. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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ZS-JVA. Comair Air Lesotho - in Comair livery at Johannesburg Airport. (Image 1999-793. P. J. Gates Collection) |
ZS-JVA. Comair Air Lesotho - in Comair livery at Johannesburg Airport. (Image 1999-808. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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ZS-JVA. Comair Royal Swazi - in Comair livery at Johannesburg Airport, June 1981. (Image 1999-807. R. N. Smith Collection) |
ZS-JVA. Comair - in the final livery at Johannesburg Airport, August 1996. (Image 1999-843. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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